HOWTO: install freepops

[Gandalf]

Hello,

i've been fighting all day to get freepops working with ubuntu hoary, and finally i get it working, so it's cool to share it with others,

Q. What is freepops
Freepops is a webmail -> pop client, it allow to receive a lot of webmail using a pop client, like hotmail, gmail, aol etc.... check this page for all supported modules

let's begin by preparing the system, to get it compiled i had to install the following packages,

sudo apt-get install bison flex libc6-dev libcurl3-dev libexpat1-dev libidn11-dev libssl0.9.7 zlib1g-dev debconf

this way i could complie it without any problems,

let's download now the sources,
go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/freepops/ and download the sources,,

NOTE: i use /usr/src to always keep a copy of the compiled sources in case i want to uninstall it
NOTE2: this guide will presume that you have downloaded the build 0.0.27, if it isn't the case be sure you replace the version

cd ~
wget http://mesh.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/freepops/freepops-0.0.27.tar.gz
sudo tar -xzvf freepops-0.0.27.tar.gz -C /usr/src
cd /usr/src/freepops-0.0.27
sudo ./configure.sh linux
sudo make
sudo make install

now the freepops is installed and working, to run it manually you must run freepopsd with root (sudo freepopsd &), but it's better to run it automatically!

so let's begin by building the automatic run script

sudo pico /etc/init.d/freepops

paste into these contents

#! /bin/sh
#
#  TODO:
#     To be in perfect debian style we should use start-stop-daemon also
#     for chrooting.
# 
#

### some default values ###

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

DEFAULT_DAEMON=/usr/local/bin/freepopsd
DEFAULT_PIDFILE=/var/run/freepopsd.pid
DEFAULT_CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS=" -n -s nobody.nogroup"
DEFAULT_DAEMON_OPTS=" -n"

NAME=freepopsd
DESC="freepops daemon"

### /etc/default/ loading ###

# Include freepops defaults if available. Used variables are:
# DAEMON, DAEMON_OPTS, CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS, PIDFILE, CHROOT
# all have a DEFAULT_ here, except CHROOT that is empty if the 
# daemon should run in the normal environment

if [ -f /etc/default/freepops ] ; then
	. /etc/default/freepops
fi

if [ -z "$DAEMON" ] ; then
	DAEMON=$DEFAULT_DAEMON
fi

if [ -z "$PIDFILE" ] ; then
	PIDFILE=$DEFAULT_PIDFILE
fi

if [ -z "$DAEMON_OPTS" ] ; then
	DAEMON_OPTS=$DEFAULT_DAEMON_OPTS
fi

if [ -z "$CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS" ] ; then
	CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS=$DEFAULT_CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS
fi

test -x $DAEMON || exit 0

set -e

### helpers ###

function start_freepopsd () {
	if [ -z "$CHROOT" ] ; then
		start-stop-daemon --start -b --quiet -m -p $PIDFILE \
			--exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
	else
		echo -n "(chroot) "
		start-stop-daemon --start -b --quiet -m -p $PIDFILE \
			-r $CHROOT --exec $DAEMON -- $CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS
	fi

}

function stop_freepopsd () {
	if [ -z "$CHROOT" ] ; then
		start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet -p $PIDFILE 
	else
		echo -n "(chroot) "
		start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet -p $PIDFILE 
	fi
	rm $PIDFILE
}

### real code ###

case "$1" in
  start)
	echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
	start_freepopsd
	echo "$NAME."
	;;
  stop)
	echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "
	stop_freepopsd
	echo "$NAME."
	;;
  restart|force-reload)
	echo -n "Restarting $DESC: "
	stop_freepopsd
	sleep 1
	start_freepopsd
	echo "$NAME."
	;;
  *)
	N=/etc/init.d/freepops
	echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart}" >&2
	exit 1
	;;
esac

exit 0

then give it run permissions,

sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/freepops

add it to rc*.d runlevels

sudo update-rc.d freepops defaults

now to restart, stop or start freepops type

sudo invoke-rc.d freepops { start | stop | restart }

instead of

sudo freepopsd &

A LITTLE BIT OF INFO ON HOW TO USE IT...
_________________________________________
when you install it, you must configure thunderbird, evolution, outlook or whatever pop client u use,

SERVER
________
server must be 127.0.0.1 if installed on the same PC, or PC's ip if installed on another,

PORT
_____
you must use port 2000


USERNAME
___________

you must use your email as username, for example to receive account@hotmail.com mails, your username is account@hotmail.com, samething for gmail, etc...

PASSWORD
___________
well your password

and now you can receive your mails on your pop client.....




if you prefer not to install it, i have install it on my server, if you want to use it here's the config

server : mail.siemens-mobiles.org
port : 2000


i hope this guide will be usefull to you!



[TEMPORARY NOTE]
hotmail has changed the way to login (html login forms, javascript etc...) 2 days ago, freepops has updated it's script ans it's working but it's not included in their build, you must update them manually,
so let's replace them,

cd /usr/local/share/freepops/lua
sudo mv hotmail.lua hotmail.lua_old
sudo mv aol.lua aol.lua_old
sudo mv mailcom.lua mailcom.lua_old
sudo wget http://www.freepops.org/download.php?file=hotmail.lua
sudo wget http://www.freepops.org/download.php?file=aol.lua
sudo wget http://www.freepops.org/download.php?file=mailcom.lua

now it will work!!!

[jasmuz]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Hello, i've been fighting all day to get freepops working with ubuntu hoary, and finally i get it working, so it's cool to share it with others, Q. What is freepops Freepops is a pop->webmail client, it allow to receive a lot of webmail using a pop client, like hotmail, gmail, aol etc.... check this page for all supported modules let's begin by preparing the system, to get it compiled i had to install the following packages, sudo apt-get install bison flex libc6-dev libcurl3-dev libexpat1-dev libidn11-dev libssl0.9.7 zlib1g-dev debconf this way i could complie it without any problems, let's download now the sources, go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/freepops/ and download the sources,, NOTE: i use /usr/src to always keep a copy of the compiled sources in case i want to uninstall it NOTE2: this guide will presume that you have downloaded the build 0.0.27, if it isn't the case be sure you replace the version cd ~ wget http://mesh.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/freepops/freepops-0.0.27.tar.gz sudo tar -xzvf freepops-0.0.27.tar.gz -C /usr/src cd /usr/src/freepops-0.0.27 sudo ./configure.sh linux sudo make sudo make install now the freepops is installed and working, to run it manually you must run freepopsd with root (sudo freepopsd &), but it's better to run it automatically! so let's begin by building the automatic run script sudo pico /etc/init.d/freepops paste into these contents #! /bin/sh # # TODO: # To be in perfect debian style we should use start-stop-daemon also # for chrooting. # # ### some default values ### PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin DEFAULT_DAEMON=/usr/local/bin/freepopsd DEFAULT_PIDFILE=/var/run/freepopsd.pid DEFAULT_CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS=" -n -s nobody.nogroup" DEFAULT_DAEMON_OPTS=" -n" NAME=freepopsd DESC="freepops daemon" ### /etc/default/ loading ### # Include freepops defaults if available. Used variables are: # DAEMON, DAEMON_OPTS, CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS, PIDFILE, CHROOT # all have a DEFAULT_ here, except CHROOT that is empty if the # daemon should run in the normal environment if [ -f /etc/default/freepops ] ; then . /etc/default/freepops fi if [ -z "$DAEMON" ] ; then DAEMON=$DEFAULT_DAEMON fi if [ -z "$PIDFILE" ] ; then PIDFILE=$DEFAULT_PIDFILE fi if [ -z "$DAEMON_OPTS" ] ; then DAEMON_OPTS=$DEFAULT_DAEMON_OPTS fi if [ -z "$CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS" ] ; then CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS=$DEFAULT_CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS fi test -x $DAEMON || exit 0 set -e ### helpers ### function start_freepopsd () { if [ -z "$CHROOT" ] ; then start-stop-daemon --start -b --quiet -m -p $PIDFILE \ --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS else echo -n "(chroot) " start-stop-daemon --start -b --quiet -m -p $PIDFILE \ -r $CHROOT --exec $DAEMON -- $CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS fi } function stop_freepopsd () { if [ -z "$CHROOT" ] ; then start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet -p $PIDFILE else echo -n "(chroot) " start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet -p $PIDFILE fi rm $PIDFILE } ### real code ### case "$1" in start) echo -n "Starting $DESC: " start_freepopsd echo "$NAME." ;; stop) echo -n "Stopping $DESC: " stop_freepopsd echo "$NAME." ;; restart|force-reload) echo -n "Restarting $DESC: " stop_freepopsd sleep 1 start_freepopsd echo "$NAME." ;; *) N=/etc/init.d/freepops echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart}" >&2 exit 1 ;; esac exit 0 then give it run permissions, sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/freepops add it to rc*.d runlevels sudo update-rc.d freepops defaults now to restart, stop or start freepops type sudo invoke-rc.d freepops { start | stop | restart } instead of sudo freepopsd & A LITTLE BIT OF INFO ON HOW TO USE IT... _________________________________________ when you install it, you must configure thunderbird, evolution, outlook or whatever pop client u use, SERVER ________ server must be 127.0.0.1 if installed on the same PC, or PC's ip if installed on another, PORT _____ you must use port 2000 USERNAME ___________ you must use your email as username, for example to receive account@hotmail.com mails, your username is account@hotmail.com, samething for gmail, etc... PASSWORD ___________ well your password and now you can receive your mails on your pop client..... if you prefer not to install it, i have install it on my server, if you want to use it here's the config server : mail.siemens-mobiles.org port : 2000 i hope this guide will be usefull to you! [TEMPORARY NOTE] hotmail has changed the way to login (html login forms, javascript etc...) 2 days ago, freepops has updated it's script ans it's working but it's not included in their build, you must update them manually, so let's replace them, cd /usr/local/share/freepops/lua sudo mv hotmail.lua hotmail.lua_old sudo mv aol.lua aol.lua_old sudo mv mailcom.lua mailcom.lua_old sudo wget http://www.freepops.org/download.php?file=hotmail.lua sudo wget http://www.freepops.org/download.php?file=aol.lua sudo wget http://www.freepops.org/download.php?file=mailcom.lua now it will work!!!

Why compile if there are DEB's for Debian Sid and Sarge?

[Gandalf]

Originally Posted by jasmuz Why compile if there are DEB's for Debian Sid and Sarge?

because i couldn't install debs becuase libcurl isn't the satisfying version, and if i installed the one for sarge i break my webserver which i don't want in any way to do it

wael@nasreddine:~$ sudo apt-get install freepops
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  freepops: Depends: libcurl3 (>= 7.13.1-1) but 7.12.3-2ubuntu3 is to be installed
            Depends: libidn11 (>= 0.5.13) but 0.5.2-3 is to be installed
E: Broken packages

[RastaMahata]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Q. What is freepops Freepops is a pop->webmail client, it allow to receive a lot of webmail using a pop client, like hotmail, gmail, aol etc....

I think it should say webmail -> pop, as it allow you to check webmail from a pop client.
Besides, you dont need this for gmail, as gmail has a pop feature

Great program. I hope someone uploads the deb somewhere for people who dont like to compile

(Added to the index)

[Gandalf]

Originally Posted by RastaMahata I think it should say webmail -> pop, as it allow you to check webmail from a pop client. Besides, you dont need this for gmail, as gmail has a pop feature Great program. I hope someone uploads the deb somewhere for people who dont like to compile (Added to the index)

exactly, sorry a typo mistake

[bored2k]

Off topic - Gandalf got a job already ?

[Gandalf]

Originally Posted by bored2k Off topic - Gandalf got a job already ?

<off topic>
f**k no!!!
</off topic>

[Reeva]

Originally Posted by Gandalf <off topic> f**k no!!! </off topic>

When I try to start freepops with " sudo freeposd & " .. I always have this error

Unable to bind on 0.0.0.0:2000

can someone help me?

thx alot

[Gandalf]

Originally Posted by Reeva When I try to start freepops with " sudo freeposd & " .. I always have this error Unable to bind on 0.0.0.0:2000 can someone help me? thx alot

do you have iptables, firestarter etc.... ? i mean do you have firewall installed?

[Reeva]

no I don't have a firewall ..

I reinstalled freepops .. but I still have the same problem